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Iran: Prison authorities attack religious minority inmates

Reported by PMOI/MEK

 

Iran, Feb. 7, 2019 – Anti-riot units and prison authorities attacked religious minority inmates in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, west of Tehran. This raid, taking place Wednesday morning, involved units equipped with anti-riot gear and tear gas attacking Hall 21 of Ward 7 in this prison. The brave Sunni prisoners courageously showed resistance as authorities intended to force an inmate by the name of Mr. Towhid Ghoreishi to attend a court trial.

The anti-riot units used tear gas and attacked the inmates using batons. The legs of a number of the inmates were broken in this attack. Ghoreishi and Mr. Hamzeh Darwish were left in critical conditions.

The Iranian regime is known and widely condemned for its long record of human rights violations, especially against religious and ethnic minorities.

Prison authorities left the inmates to suffer and denied any medical care to the prisoners. Some of the injured inmates, suffering from broken arms and/or legs, were even transferred to solitary confinement and are currently said to be in critical conditions. There is no further information from these inmates.

There are concerns that the lives of these Sunni political prisoners will be in grave danger during this period when the regime is marking its 40th anniversary, using the media’s silence to carry out its atrocious measures.

It is worth noting that on Tuesday, February 5th, Gohardasht Prison authorities and guards resorted to threats in an attempt to force Ghoreishi to attend court. They failed in their effort.

Seyed Towhid Ghoreishi was transferred to Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison on August 8 while only 11 months was left to his 5-year sentence. He is behind bars based on the bogus accusation of “propaganda against the state” and placed under interrogation in Ward 209.

After enduring five months in solitary confinement and a long list of physical/psychological harassment, Ghoreishi has been sentenced on bogus charges of “collaboration with the intent of measures against national security” through supporting dissident groups and “propaganda against the state.”

Further reports on the anti-riot units’ raid against Sunni prisoners indicate hundreds of such anti-riot unit members took part in this vicious raid.

In the first wave, a large number of anti-riot unit members equipped with complete gear entered the hall and began attacking the inmates. A second wave of these security forces were seen using special rifles to fire tear gas among the prisoners. According to sources, all of the prison’s known torturers, including interrogators, guards, prison deputies and anti-riot unit members were seen participating in the attacks.

Seven of the inmates, all suffering from broken arms and/or legs, and with their hands and feet enchained, were transferred to solitary following the attack.

The names of the prisoners currently in solitary confinement are:

Hamzeh Darvish

Towhid Ghoreishi

Mariwan Karkuy

Jamal Ghaderi

Farhad Salimi

Namegh Daldal

Taymur Naderizadeh

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